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A Defence of a Treatise, Entitled the Gospel of Christ Worthy of All Acceptation
A Defence of a Treatise Entitled the Gospel of Christ Worthy of All Acceptation Author:Andrew Fuller Subtitle: Containing a Reply to Mr. Button's Remarks, and the Observations of Philanthropos [pseud.] General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1810 Original Publisher: Printed for, and pub., by W. W. Woodward Subjects: Baptists Religion / Sermons / Christian Religion / Christianity / Baptist Notes: This is a blac... more »k and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: IV. GENERAL REFLECTIONS. I AM not insensible that the cause I have beem pleading is such as may grate with the feelings of some of my readers. It may seem as if I were disputing with Philanthropy itself. To such readers I would recommend a few additional considerations. 1. The same objection would lie against me, if I had been opposing the notion of universal salvation; and yet it would not follow from thence that 1 must be in the wrong. The feelings of guilty creatures, in matters wherein they themselves are so deeply interested, are but poor criterions of truth and error. 2. There is no difference between us respecting the number or character of those that shall be finally saved. We agree that whoever returns to God by Jesus Christ shall certainly be saved -- that in every nation, they that fear God and work righteousness, are accepted. What difference there is respects the efficacy of Christ's death, and the causes of salvation. 3. Even in point of provision, I see not wherein the scheme of P. has the advantage of that which he opposes. The provision made by the death of Christ is of two kinds. -- (1.) A provision of pardon and acceptance for all believers. (2.) A provision of grace to enable a sinner to believe. The first affords a motive for returning to God in Christ's name ; thelast excites to a compliance with that motive. Now in which of these ...« less